PLENARY SESSIONS PROGRAMME

Today we well start our “Sneak Preview” with the Plenary on Monday, 22^nd September. This is very first event of the EU PVSEC conference week, and we would certainly like to see everyone there at this early time of the day. The theme “PV Everywhere” points to our commitment to PV Technology: never before have applications been so rich and yet affordable, encouraging innovative ideas across the globe.

We start Monday morning with a plenary talk about requirements when PV will really be everywhere. Uwe Rau of Jülich Aachen Research Alliance in Germany, will give us an Outlook Into PV Growth Beyond Grid Flexibility via Integration with Storage and Fuels. This talk is nothing less than imagining PV as a main power source in a highly industrial country which is very concerned about a dunkelflaute (timespans where is no wind and no sun). What would we need to really overcome this last big problem which stands in the way of further PV growth? How do we store summer-electricity also for the winter, and where? The team promises to show the approaches and results of their re-examination of these issues, and estimate that a very decentralised approach might be the best option, as it could enhance system efficiency, resilience and societal acceptance of large-scale PV. 
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